A wacky Welcome

AUTHOR(S)

Dawnie

PUB. DATE

October 2016

SOURCE

Wacky But True;Oct2016, Issue 42, p2

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles within the issue on topics including Migaloo white humpback whale, keeping lions as pets by South African Kevin, and wood working of artist Paul Grundbacher.

Reports that since 1978, Jon Lien and his assistants have freed more than 600 humpback whales caught in fishing nets of the Newfoundland coast. Different methods of freeing entangled whales; How Lien began working to save whales; Use of noise-making whale alarms; Successes and failures.

Presents a caption story showing a mother humpback whale and her calf trapped in waist-deep water in Australia on October 16, 1996. How the whale got trapped; How rescuers helped the calf get into deeper water.

Focuses on the humpback whales in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Why humpback whales are easy prey for commercial whalers; Habits and nature of the humpback whales; Threats against humpback whales.

Provides information on a study documenting the return of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to traditional feeds grounds. Methodology used to conduct the study; Results of the study; Discussion on the results.